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I wonder...

...if we could ask my younger brother?

Showa 15 (1940)

Eh?

Let's go up there tomorrow...

...and ask him to take her until the end of the year... Okay?

Heiwa Fansubs Presents...

Carnation

小さく丸めた躯は今

Chisaku marumeta karada wa ima

My body, tiny and curled up, is right now

Week 9 "Always Feeling" Episode 53

かなしみ隠し震えて

Kanashimi kakushi furuete

Trembling with hidden sorrows

Screenplay Watanabe Aya

Music Satō Naoki Musical Performance\h Face Music

Theme Song "Carnation" Sheena Ringo

命を表していろのね

Inochi o arawashite iro no ne

My life is represented by my color, isn't it

Cast

Ohara Itoko Ono Machiko

Ohara Haru Shoji Terue

重く濡らした瞼は今

Omoku nurashita mabuta wa ima

My eyelids, heavily soaked, are right now

Ohara Masaru Sugura Tarō

Ohara Shizuko Yagyū Miyu Kawase\h Nanjō Kōki

Okunaka Sōjirō Komatsu Ken'etsu Ohara Kyoko \h Sakaguchi Azusa Ohara Mitsuko \h Sugioka Shiori

よろこび映す日の為

Yorokobi utsusu hi no tame

Reflecting my rapture of this day

Masako Genkaku Yūko Kawamoto Wataru \h Hamaguchi Boukai

心を育てているのね

Kokoro o sodatete iru no ne

That's how a heart is raised, isn't it

Ohara Zensaku Kobayashi Kaoru

Well then, I'll get our maids to do something with her.

Really?

Thank you.

In times of trouble, we should help each other out.

We have two small boys here, too...

...so it'd be a great pleasure to take care of a baby.

Thank you, when you're so busy with the year's end.

As Masaru-san had said, his younger brother...

...was at their parent's home where they had been born and raised.

Masaru's Younger Brother Kawamoto Wataru

Wataru's Wife

This younger brother, Wataru-san, would now be the successor.

Mom.

Yeah.

Nii-chan has come.

My, he's come!?

Looking at his younger brother, I felt I could understand why Masaru-san...

...didn't want to succeed to his family and to marry into mine.

No matter how you looked at it, he was far more suitable as an heir than his older brother was.

The sleeping Naoko was quiet, adorable...

...and I felt a strangely pitiful at leaving her behind.

So long. Please take care of her.

Be careful.

Yeah.

She woke up.

If she sees her mother's face, she won't want to be left behind.

Come.

It's best not to see her.

Endure it for just a little while.

As soon as we're finished, we'll come right back to get you.

That sound of Naoko's crying had gotten stuck in my ears and wouldn't come out.

I'm back! Yū-chan has come back home!

Welcome back!

Welcome home!

Hey Yū-chan, go tell your Mom your story.

Where you went and what you saw today.

The kabuki!

That's right.

And who was Yū-chan's favorite one there?

Eldest Daughter Ohara Yūko

Harutarō!

What's that?

Let me see that.

For seven months, the Nakamura Harutarō troupe

It was a good play.

Happy New Year's from the Nakamura Harutarō troupe

You could say those actors are riding through this nice and fat.

Dad.

Why would you take a child to see this?

Huh?

I don't want her seeing Harutarō!

What's wrong with Harutarō?

Hara wa ōkina kimottama a "I've got a big belly and guts"

Yū-chan, you didn't get tired watching it all the way through?

No.

Hmm...

You're great.

Nakamura Harutarō is a famous seducer.

I don't know if he's a seducer, but that was mentioned one time in a magazine.

He got married recently, so maybe he's not seducing anymore?

Huh?!

Being married won't stop an actor from being a seducer.

I wonder if Naoko is eating dinner?

When I would leave her in the neighborhood...

...I wouldn't remember a thing about her during work.

This time around, I couldn't go five seconds without recalling Naoko.

Sensei!

Sensei!

Huh?

Didn't you hear? What I just told you.

I didn't hear.

Geez!

And it was the same for Masaru-san.

At last, it was the night of the third day.

Where are you going?

To go see Naoko.

Right now?

It's just for a quick look.

I'll return by tonight.

I'll come with you.

Naoko! Naoko!

Oi!

Oi!

Oi! Open up!

Could it be? Say! Was this Naoko's fault...?

Who's there?

It's me, Masaru!

Nii-chan!?

What's the matter?

We wanted to check in on Naoko for a bit.

She just got to sleep.

Well, just a peek at her sleeping face then.

Ah, no...

Nao-chan's just gotten used to not having you around.

If by chance she were to open her eyes and see her parent's faces...

...she'd be right back where she started again...

I'm sorry, but you should go back home for today.

This perpetually good-humored man was crying.

For a person who's a parent...

...this was a pitiful thing to have happen.

And? What time did you finally return yesterday?

It wasn't yesterday. It was this morning at 4am.

Why do you have frostbite right here, Boss?

Sensei doesn't have any.

Hmm?

I wonder why?

It was because you were pouring out tears.

December

You genuinely have sold me out.

I truly am thankful to you. I'm indebted to you.

Yes, yes.

I really didn't think you'd be able to sell me out.

I can see the New Year's out now.

There!

Hey, Boss!

Eh?

The customers'll be coming again soon, so bring in the fabric quickly and go.

Just what you'd expect a prosperous shop to say!

We're busy here!

We still have fabric to deal with and have to get the clothes done before New Year's!

Yes, yes. So long, excuse me.

Thank you very much. Thank you!

Thank you!

From that evening on, I hardly got any sleep.

December

December

I only ate rice balls.

December

December

Ahh.. Done!

December

Nao-chan!

Nao-chan!

Naoko!

Naoko!

Come to me!

Naoko!

Me, too.

Pass her over to me, too!

No way.

Hey...

At last, New Year's had come.

Here.

Nao-chan.

Huh?

Shall we buy some cotton candy?

Ala, cotton candy...

I want some, too!

Alright, alright.

Another one.

Okay!

That makes the eighth person.

Because the family was all dressed up at long last...

...we had a family portrait photo taken.

Okay, smile. Yes, yes, yes!

Eh?! Will it be okay?

Okay, that's it.

Yes, look this way!

Naoko, be quiet already!

Ah? Ah, he took it already.

One more try.

Are you sure?

Nao-chan! Alala!

To Be Continued

Smile!

Carnation

End

Stylishly Dressed Photo Gallery

Early Showa Era, Children In Their Sunday Best for New Year's in Osaka